I'm currently reading The History Of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell, which is interesting (and surprisingly easy to read), although I'm not sure if it counts as studying as I'm reading it out of interest rather then with any particular aim in mind. I've also been learning Greek on and off for the last few years so I have quite a few (unfinished) text books for that which I'm "officially" in the middle of reading, but haven't actually looked at for a few months.

Oh, and of course I'm also studying the book which is pretty much compulsory for Javaranchers to read at some point - Sun Certified Programmer for Java!

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Though I havent read many books this year. I try to read about 20 books a year. heres what my list looked like for 2005

1.The power of positive thinking 2.Awaken the giant within 3.The alchemist 4.The Da Vinci code 5.First things first 6. Students guide to Indian economics(I dont know why I read this) 7.Who are we? 8. Siddhartha 9. The Zahir 10.The manual of the warrior of light 11.Stop procrastinating 12.A short history of nearly everythng 13.Me talk pretty one day 14.The kite runner 15.Freakonomics 16.The tipping point 17.Tuesdays with Morrie 18.Curious incident of the dog in the night time 19.snow falling on cedars 20.The complete sherlock holmes (still reading this one)

In 2007 I plan to read: 1. The world is flat 2. Why do men have nipples? 3.The Fabric of the Cosmos space time and texture of reality 4.you shall know our velocity 5.tenenats of buddhism 6.two lives 7. Life of Pi 8.cosmic trigger 9.The Motorcycle Diaries

Originally posted by Dave Lenton: I'm currently reading The History Of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

Reading about the history of western philosophy is somewhat similar to read about history of eastern science and technology both have blank pages.

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posted Nov 02, 2006 03:05:00

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Originally posted by Sameer Jamal: Reading about the history of western philosophy is somewhat similar to read about history of eastern science and technology both have blank pages.

Well the book is about an inch thick and so far none of the pages are blank!

I suspect you are perhaps joking, but if not then I recommend reading a bit about the subject - it is very interesting. The West has a very large and complex philosophical history. The book covers the following people:

You might as well stop after John Locke. Western philosophy went downhill after that. I base my belief on the observation that social movements based on Locke's philosophy made society better; movements inspired by most of the philosophers who came after him wreaked havoc to a greater or lesser extent.

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posted Nov 06, 2006 02:49:00

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Originally posted by Frank Silbermann: You might as well stop after John Locke. Western philosophy went downhill after that. I base my belief on the observation that social movements based on Locke's philosophy made society better; movements inspired by most of the philosophers who came after him wreaked havoc to a greater or lesser extent.

If a philosopher's theories cause trouble, does that make his/her work any less interesting or worth reading? Perhaps it makes them more worth reading, so that the flaws in their theories can be explored and learnt from.

It is not something to learn about, it is something that comes from within.

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posted Nov 20, 2006 06:37:00

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Originally posted by Chetan Parekh:

It is not something to learn about, it is something that comes from within.

Hatha Yoga classes have been available in the U.S. since the 1950s. I think Yoga would be alot more popular if healthclubs offered sessions of Tantric Yoga instead. [ November 20, 2006: Message edited by: Frank Silbermann ]

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Originally posted by Frank Silbermann: I think Yoga would be alot more popular if healthclubs offered sessions of Tantric Yoga instead.

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bumping the old thread... to find what other ranchers are reading intersting stuff these days..

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